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Around 28,000 people who have had their benefits capped have moved into work, reduced their Housing Benefit claim or no longer claim it.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Fraud and error in the benefit system has dropped to the lowest level ever, falling by £350 million last year.
Spouses and older children of personnel will now be able to claim income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) as soon as they return to the UK
The UK labour market is going from strength to strength, with the proportion of people in work now at a record high of 73.6%.
Universal Credit will be in three-quarters of all jobcentres by Christmas, as the next phase of the national rollout begins today.
Almost 12.5 million older people across the UK benefitted from a Winter Fuel Payment last winter, new figures published today show.
A speech on work, health and disability at an event hosted by Reform and Barclays.
Wages have continued to rise and there are a record number of women in work, thanks to the government’s long-term economic plan.
Michelle Mone OBE is to lead a major government review on supporting business start-ups in disadvantaged communities.
The benefit cap continues to provide a clear incentive to work.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith hails changing attitudes of UK business towards disabled staff.
Government to introduce a new and strengthened approach to tracking the life chances of Britain’s most disadvantaged children.
Latest statistic show the percentage of individuals and children in relative low income is at its lowest level since the 1980s.
The benefit cap continues to provide an incentive to work, with thousands of people who had their benefits capped moving into work.
Iain Duncan Smith was welcomed back as the Secretary of State, alongside Lord Freud who continues as Minister for Welfare Reform.
The national roll out of Universal Credit continues today (11 May 2015) with the benefit now available to new single claimants in Richmond, Kirkwall, Lerwick and Stornoway.
New figures show the number of workless households has fallen by more than 600,000 since 2010, the lowest in a decade.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Bringing together individuals with the influence and expertise to tackle Britain’s most damaging social problems.
New social impact bonds help disadvantaged young people, children in care and those with long term health conditions and mental illness.
More than 400,000 long-term unemployed people are now in work because of the Work Programme.
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